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ROBERT SELLICK, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ENOSWILLETTS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

Application filed March 17, 1909. Serial No. 484.040.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, ROBERT Snmack, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and twtate of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Files; and l dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, whichform a part o't' this specification.

This invention relates to a tile or holder for papers, pamphlets, andthe like, which comprises a clamping means consisting of a clip which ispivotally secured to the body portion of the structure, whether simply atablet or an open topped file case, and the clip has, pivotally securedto its free end, a cover which swings down on the articles to be held tokeep them Hat. The clip is provided with i'neans tending to normallypress it downward to cause a tight engagement on one end of the clip andof the cover with the contents to be tiled or held, the spring pressingmeans being adapted to lock the clip open and away from the pile ofpapers and so forth when the cover is swung back. This permits the fileto be opened with one hand, and the same way when it is closed, thecover being swung over and its weight is usually su'llicient to causethe spring holding means to be released, and then the spring holdingmeans becomes'a pressure device to hold the cover down. hen the weightof the cover is not. suflicient For this purpose. a

slight pressure is suflicient.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure.1 illustrates a section of a tile with the clamping means operating tohold the contents. Fig. 2 is a similar view broken away at one end andshowing the file open. Fig. 3 is a. face view of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is afront View of a modified form of spring. Fig. 5 is a section of stillanother modification, and Fig. 6 is a top View of the spring shown inFig.

The device comprises a body portion which can either be a. plain tablet,when used in the form of a clip, or the body portion can comprise a base10 having the sides 11 and the back 12. A clip 13 is pivotally securedon one end to the body portion, the clip preferably running the wholewidth of the tile, although any suitable length can be used, the pivotalconnection being usually made by bending over the sheet n'ictal, oilwhich the clip is formed, into an eye to receive the rod 14lwhich passesinto the sides 11. A pivot 15 secures the cover to 'to one end of theclip so that when the device is in operative position the cover 16 l:ars down, as in Fig. 1, so as to hold the contents of the tile flat. A.wire 17 is bent into a spring coil 18 and has a strand 19 bent into ahook 520. The strand passes between the plates 21. into which a smallpulley is rotatably mounted. These springs are usually placed in pairsnear each end of the clip, and thus make the operation of the two endssimultaneous and prevent binding on the pivot oi the clip. The lower endoi the wire is bent into an eye 23 which is 'lastiened by a suitablescrew 24. l prefer to pass a rod 25 through the spring coils of thewires so as to stitlen them and to hold them in alinement.

Normally the wire strand 19 bears down on the pulley which in turn pullsthe clip down, and this causes a. tight engagement of the cover with thecontents of the tile, in other words, toward the base thereot'. \Vhcnthe cover is lifted it swings on the pivot 15 until the cover is restingon the hinge 14. it then fulcrums on the hinge i l, and a furtherpressure on the end of the cover, which is then swung backward into theposition shown in Fig. 2. causes the clip to swing on its pivot and thewire strands run over the pulleys. and the hooks 20, which form recessesfor the reception of the pulleys 22, seat themselves so as to hold thedevice as shown in Figs. '2 and 3. The cover has a portion of its weightbeyond the pivot 14, and thus all the spring reallv has to do in theposition shown in Fig. 2 is to hold up the clip. \Vhcn the cover isswung over to close the file, when it swings into line with the clip 13,the weight causes the clip 13 and the cover 16 both to swing on thehinge 14%, and the weightv jumps the hooks 20 out of engagement with thepulleys 22 and the spring acts to force the device in the position shownin Fig. 1. H the weight of the portion 10 is not su'tiicicnt for thispurpose, a slight pressure thereon will, of course, unseat the hooksfrom the pulleys. Instead of placing the rod 25 through the coils, I maymake the device as shown in Fig. 4 where the wire strand 17 is formedinto a pair of eyes 26 and 27, and when these eyes are held to the bodyportion, by means of suitable screws, the spring is in operativeposition.

A modified form of construction is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, where a flatleaf spring 28 is secured by the screws 29 to the body portion, and ithas a curved end 30 which is split in the center, as at 31, so as tomake a forked end, which forked end rests down over the shaft 32 of thepulley when the clip is elevated as shown in Fig. The shaft 82 works inthe plates 3% that are fastened to the clip 13. The pulley 33 ispreferably toothed, and the spring can be indented or perforated as atto cause the wheel to be rotated so that when the spring settles down asin Fig. 5, the end of the slit 81 will enter between two teeth and theregistration will. thus be assured.

It will be evident that a number of changes as to the body portion andthe installation of the device may be made with out departing from thescope of the invention, and I do not wish to be limited to theparticular form shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A file comprisinga body portion, a clip hinged thereto, a cover hinged to the clip andadapted to be swung back and used as a lever to raise the clip on itshinge, means for locking the clip and the body portion apart, and meansfor automatically releasing the locking means when the cover is swungforward.

9.. A file comprising a body portion, a: clip hinged thereto, a coversecured to the clip and adapted to be swung back and' used as a lever tocause the clip to swing on its hinge, a spring secured to the bodyportion and having a strand to bear on the clip to normally draw theclip and the body j portion toward each other, the spring being bent toform a recessed portion in its end,

and means on the clip for engaging the rel cessed end of the spring forholding the clip in its raised position.

3. A file comprising a body portion, the body portion comprising abottom and sides, a rod passing through the sides, a sheet metal clipbent over on one end to embrace the rod and cause a hinged connection, acover hinged to the free end of the clip, and a spring secured to thebody portion and having a strand projecting therefrom, a pulley mountedon the clip, the wire being bent into a hook to form a recessed portionto engage the pulley when the clip is raised.

4 A file comprising a body portion, a

clip hinged to the body portion, a pulley mounted on the clip, and aspring secured to the body portion and having a strand running over thepulley, the spring being bent on its end into a hook to form a recessedportion to receive the pulley.

A file comprising a body portion, a clip hinged to the body portion, apulley mounted on the clip, a spring secured to the body portion andhaving a strand running over the pulley, the spring being bent on itsend into a hook to form a recessed portion to receive the pulley, and acover hinged to the free end of the clip.

6. A file comprising a body portion, a clip hinged thereto, a coverhinged to the clip and adapted to be swung back and used as a lever toraise the clip on its hinge, the abutting hinged edges of the cover andthe clip acting as a stop to limit the forward movement of the cover onthe clip, means 1 for forcing the clip toward the body portion, andmeans for locking the body portion and the clip apart, said lockingmeans being disengaged when the cover is swung forward on the clip tocause their hinged edges to abut.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 25th day of February 1909.

ROBERT SELLIGK.

Witnesses:

WM. I-I. CAMFIELD, E. A. PELL.

